The weather was a mixture of days of bright sunshine with little wind and days of heavy rain and strong cool winds. The lake remained very low for most of the period with banks exposed and little water entering the lake from the feeder streams.

However, in spite of the unpromising conditions the fish fed well at times. 47 rods caught 72 rainbow trout to 5lbs and 206 brown trout to 1.5 lbs. Most fish were caught on slow sinking lies with the most popular flies being claret bumble, montana, viva. bibio, green dabbler and welsh wizard.

Among notable catches for the period were:-

A party of 5 rods led by John Davies had 37 brownies and 4 rainbows from the Boathouse end.

Messrs Barrow and Marsh had 30 brownies and 8 rainbows from Whitegates.

Tom Chamberlain had 30 brownies and 10 rainbows in two days from Whitegates and the Boathouse

The lake was full at the beginning of the season and the weather was a mixture of cold and sunny days with winds ranging from strong to calm.

The season started slowly with few rods out but got better as the weather warmed up. 40 rods fished for a total of 172 brown trout and 97 rainbow trout. Most fish were caught on slow sinking and intermediate lines with popular flies being montanas, vivas. Gold-ribbed hair ear and welsh wizard.

Among notable catches for the period were:-

Ken Thomas party had 30 brownies and 4 rainbows from Whitegates.

Richard Chapman (fishing with gillie John Davies) had 6 brownies and 15 rainbows from Whitegates.

May, June and July proved to be very wet and cold at times with the rivers pushing coloured water into the Lake. However, the fish fed hard during the warmer spells with some excellent catches.

Paul Makin had 12 brownies best fish 1.25 lbs and 11 rainbows best fish 2.5 lbs on Bibios, GRHE, Claret bumble taken on a floating line at Whitegates.

GV & H Westropp took 22 brownies using a sink tip with Invictas, Bibios, and Connemara Blacks from Whitegates.

Brian Owen (fishing with gillie John Davies) took 20 brownies and 12 rainbows on Black and green lure and Welsh Witch from Whitegates.

Messrs Hughes and Ogbourne took 17 brownies and 4 rainbows to 3.8 lbs. on Bibios and Claret Bumbles. Messrs Dickson and Coleman-Smith took 25 brownies and 1 rainbow on Bumbles and Vivas.

P Hutchinson (fishing with gillie John Davies) took 27 brownies and 3 rainbows on green and black lures. Paul Makin (taking advantage of a fishing break) had bags of 16, 28 and 20 brownies taken from between Whitegates and the Cedic on a slow sinker Bibio, Grenwells and GRHEs.

Eddie Wilkinson had 10+ brownies on a dry Hopper from between the Cedic and the Tower.

The 2013 season was dominated by extremes of the local weather. The opening months of March and April featured snow on the surrounding hills with, melt water coming into the Lake via the feeder stream and the occasional snow shower to test the fortitude of the anglers.

The early season fishing gave good sport for the hardy souls who ventured out. The fish were in superb condition and both the rainbows and brownies fed hard at times and gave good sport to both sinking and floating lines. Whitegates fished well on some days.

Brian Owen had a bag of 18 brownies and 2 rainbows on bumbles and black and green lures fish on an intermediate line. Paul Makin had 11 brownies (best 1.25 lbs) and 8 rainbows (best 4.0 lbs) taken on Bumbles, Montanas and Caddis fished on floating and intermediate lines.